Bedding-plow.



PATENTED SEPT. 22. 1903,

S. D. POOLE. BEDDING PLOW.

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No. 739,617. :PATENTBD SEPT. 22, 1903.

I S. D. BUGLE.

BEDDING PLOW.

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PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903..

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BEDDING 21.0w.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 22, 1903.

"PATENT OFFICE.

STALEY D. POOLE, OF MoLINE, LLINoIs, AssIeNoR To DEERE & COMPANY,

OF MOLINE, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

BEDDING-PLOW.

Ezd-GIFICATION forming part of LettersiPatent No. 739,617, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed April 6, 1991.

To all! whom it may concern: V

Be it known that I, STALEY D. POOLE, a citi= zen of the United States, residing at Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State'of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedding-Flows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates tothat class of agricultural implements which are employed for forming ridges for sugar-cane, beet-root, potatoes, and other vegetables usually planted in ridges; and its primary object is to provide a simple and eflicient disk bedding-plow or implement for forming parallel ridges in sugar-cane or other lands. 7

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularly described with reference to the accompanying drawings, which are to be taken as a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description, said drawings illustrating one form of embodiment of my invent-ion, in which rotary cutting-disks are used as the furrow-turning devices, though right and left hand turningplows might be employed in place of the disks.

Similar letters of reference are used in said drawings to denote corresponding parts in different views.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved disk bedding-plow. 2 is a plan view of the same with the two sides or halves of the disk-supporting frame closed or Fig. 8 is a plan view of the same, showing the two sides or halves of said disk supporting frame separated. Figs. 4: and 5 are details showing in front and side elevation,1espectively,the mechanismfor raising and lowering the front wheels of the plow-frame; and Figs. 6 and *7 are details showing a top or plan .view and a side elevation, respectively, of the mechanism for raising and lowering the disks or ridge-forming devices. 7 v

The disk-supporting frame consists, essentially, of two separable frame-bars, which are denoted in the drawings by the letters A A, having their front and rear ends adjustably supported on wheels in such manner that the Serial No. 54,736- (No model.)

disks carried by said frame-bars may be adjusted so as to place them close together or quite a distance apart andsecure them in either of saidpositions or at any desired intermediate point.

. In the'form shown the frame-bars A are provided at their front ends with angle bars or braces aa, each having aclamping device or sleeve a thereon, which is fitted upon a cross-bar A so that said devices or sleeves may be adjusted and secured at any desired point on said cross-bar for the purpose of securing the front ends of the frame-bars A A at the desired distance apart. The rear ends of said frame-bars may be secured to the vertical shanks or standards B B of the rearwheel spindles, as shown, said standards being formed or provided with clamping devices or sleeves l) h, which are fitted upon the rear cross-bar A rand adapted to be adjusted and secured at any desired point along the length of said cross-bar for the purpose of securing the rear ends of the said frame-bars AM the desired distance apart.

lhe drivers seat Cyis preferably mounted on the cross-bar A as shown.

' It will be observed that the rear ends of the disk-supportin g frame-bars are supported at the desired height by the standards or uprights rising from the spindles of the rear wheels D D,while the front ends of said framebars are fixed to the front cross-bar A and that the height of the latter determines the height of the front of the disk -supporting frame, and consequently the depth of penetration of the disks carried by said frame.

In order that the front end of the disksupporting frame may be raised and lowered to proper carrying and working positions of the disks and to govern and control the depth of penetration of said disks when lowered to working position, the front end of said disk- 7 are rocked the front end of the disk-supporting frame will be either raised or lowered, according to the direction of movement of the levers, each lever being provided with the usual hand-operated thumb-lever or fingerpiece and pawl, engaging a rack E on the bracket F for locking the lever in the desired position. 4

' To guide and hold the front end of the disksupporting frame in proper position when raised or lowered by the operating-levers E E, slides or sleeves a may be fitted on the uprights or standards G of the front-wheel spindles and rigidly connected with or secured to the front end of said frame or to the anglebars a thereon, as shown, so as to slide upon said uprights between the inturned ends of the brackets F and keep the frame in proper position.

The uprights or standards G of the frontwheel spindles are preferably rotatably fitted in the apertured inturned ends of the brackets F to adapt them to be turned to the right or left, so as to guide the plow in the direction desired, the two wheels being adapted to turn in unison. To this end I may employ a laterally-movable compound bar II, consisting of two parts 7L h, each of which is pivotally connected at its outer end wilh a crankarin G, extending from the upper end of the upright or standard G of each wheel-spindle, While their inner ends overlap and are embraced by straps or stirrups hh, suitably connected with a clamping-iron underneath, so that said compound bar may be lengthened 'or shortened at will by moving its overlapping portions upon each other and securing .them in the desired position by said clamping means 7L h, the said compound bar being pivotally connected with the short arm of a hand-lever I, which is mounted on the crossbar K, by which the upper portions of the front uprights or standards G G are connected, and havin g the usual thumb-piece for actuating apawl for engaging a rack L,whereby the lever may be locked in the desired position. By this means the front wheels may be turned in unison to either the right or the left, for the purpose of turning the plow, or said wheels may be locked in a position parallel with the rear wheels by locking the lever in a central position for guiding the plow, as may be necessary or desirable in use. The bar K is also preferably formed in two parts, each having a series of perforations therein to receive suitable fastening-bolts, the outer end of each part being secured to the upper end or portion of one of the uprights or standards G, while their inner ends overlap and are adjustably secured together by bolts passing through the registering apertures therein, though other means may be employed for connecting and securing said parts together.

It will be seen that the front wheels may be spread apart,as shown in Fig. 3, or brought nearer together, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to accommodate the increased width or narrowing of the disk-supporting frame proper, by merely lengthening or shortening the compound bars H an d'K, as described, thus regulating the distance between furrows to suit the desires of the user or the requirements of the use to which the implement may be put.

In order that the disks .P may be supported above ground when desired, as in transporting the machine from place to place, and readily lowered into working position, they are preferably journaled in the lower portions of vertically-movable slides M, each of which is fitted in a bracket or casting N, which may be bolted or otherwise secured to the frame-bar A, as shown. opposite each other, so that the sidewise pressure or thrust exerted by one in turning a furrow is counterbalanced by the opposing pressure of the other. Each bracket or casting N is preferably formed with guideways or grooves m to receive and guide the slide M in its vertical movements and with an ear or lug m, having an aperture to receive a journalpin or crank arm 0 of a crank lever O, by means of which the slide M, and with it the disk P, may be raised and lowered at will, this being accomplished by providing a pin 0 on the outer end of said crankarm, which takes under a cleat or ledge 0 on the inside of the slide M, at or near its upper end, so that in one' position of said crank-lever, Fig. 6, the disk will be in its lowermost or working position, while in another position (indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 7 the disk will be raised and supported in such position. In the latter position it will be observed the crank-pin will be thrown a little past the pivotal center of the crank-arm, so that the lever will be locked and retained in such position by the weight of the disk.

The disks are shown provided with scrapers Q, the shanks of which are supported by arms secured to the slides M.

I thus provide a very eiiicient yet simple and comparatively inexpensive disk plow especially designed'for working crops planted in rows or ridges and the like. The implement, though Well adapted for other uses and so intended, is primarily designed to throw up beds or ridges for sugar-cane. On many plantations such ridges have heretofore been laid out with great care many years ago and have been preserved from year to year without appreciable variation. These ridges vary from five to seven feet from center to center, and when ready for the plow the field presents to the eye the appearance of regular undulations resulting from the alternating ridges and hollows. The first operation of the bedding-plow when its disks or other furrow-turning devices are set, say, at the widest point of adjustment, as indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, is to straddle the row or ridge and slice off a furr'ow from each side thereof, throwing each furrow into the middle, thus partly filling up the middle or hollow between adjacent ridges. A second plowing with the The disks are set IIO disks or plows set as closely together. as possible, or as in'dicated'in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

throws another furrow-sliceeach way on top of the last furrow. This may still leave a ridge when disks are employed as the furrow turning devices fort-he reason that the disks cannot be set so closely together as'to out the land away entirely, and in that case. the final ridge may be thrown one-half of it each way by the passage through it of a middle-breaker or common ridging'plowi'-. e., a plow with a double moldboai'd and sharewhich throws one furrow to the right and another to the left posed of a new'set of ridges where the midrows may be regulated at will.

dles formerly were and a new set of middles where the ridges formerly were. In other words, the ridges and middles will have changed places and the beds will have been reversed. here the ridges are narrow, one

trip with the disk-bedder and oneround with the middle-breakerplow may accomplish the work. Time may be saved by plowing the whole field first'with the disks or furrow-turning devices separated from. each other, then with the disks or furrowturning devices closed or brought close together, and finally with the middle-breaker or ridging-plow when the latter is necessary. justable frame the distance between the fur- It is apparent that I can, if desired, substitute for the disks any suitable or preferred form of right and left hand turning-plows and still obtain the same or substantially the same results in throwing up beds or ridges in the manner and for the purpose described. this substitution the remaining devices or operative mechanism can still remain the same in every essential respect.

Other forms of levers may be employed for: raising and lowering the disks-or. plowsiand.

their supporting-frame, and other means may be employed for, changing the width of the frame and securing the overlapping crossbars in different positions, and various other changes may be made in the details of construction and arrangement of partszwithoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention, and hence I do not desire to be'limited to the specific construction and arrangement of parts described and shown.

Having thus fully described my invention,- what I claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent of the United'States, is

l. A bedding-plow comprising two longitu- By means of the ad-.

dinal frame members separably secured together, each carrying supporting wheels at its front and rear ends mounted on ind ependent spindles secured thereto and movable lateral] y therewith, and each having an intermediate furrow-turning device, and means for adjusting said members laterally and securing them at different distances apart, substantially as described.

2. A beddingplow comprising alaterallyad j ustable frame composed of apair of separable longitudinal frame-bars, carrying clamping devices at their front and rear ends, and

front and rear cross-bars on which said clamping devices are adjustably secured, supporting-wheels for each frame-bar mounted on independent spindles attached to the front and rear ends thereof and movable laterally with said frame-bar, and furrow-turning devices carried by said frame-bars, substantially as described.

3. A bedding-plow comprising a pair of longitudi-nal frame members separably secured together side by side, each carrying a furrowturning device, means for adjusting said members laterally and securing them at different distances apart, rear supporting wheels mounted on spindles attached to the rear ends of said members, front supporting wheels mounted. on spindles provided with vertical shanks adjustably attached to the front ends 7 of said members, and means for raising and lowering the front ends of said members on saidshanks and securing them at the desired' height, substantially as described.

4:. A bedding-plow comprising a pair of longitudinal frame members 'separably secured togetherside by side, each carrying a furrowturning device,means for adj usting'said members laterallyand securing them at different ICC distances apart, rear supporting wheels mounted on spindles attached to the rear ends of said members, vertical sleeves rigidly'attached to the front ends of said members, front supporting-wheels mounted on spindles having vertical shanks slidably fitted in said sleeves, hand-levers fulcrumed on supports carried by said shanks and having their short arms secured to and suspending the front ends of said frame members,'and racks on said support and locking devices on said levers for holding the latter in desired position, substantially as described.

5." A bedding-plow comprising a pair of lore gitiidinalframe members separably secured together, each carrying'a furrow-turning device, means for adjusting said members laterally andsecuring them at different distancesapart, rear supporting-wheels, and front'supporting-wheels mounted on spindles having vertical shanks rotatably fitted in sleeves carriedby. the front ends of said members, an adjustableor extensible bar the ends of which are pivotally secured to'said shanks-rigid armsrprojectingfrom' said shanks, and a sec- 0nd adjustable or extensible bar parallel withthe first and having its ends pivotally secured to said arms, and means for shifting the sec-- ond adjustable bar laterally, thereby turning both front wheels in unison, substantially as described.

6. A disk bedding-plow comprising a plurality of frame-bars supported on wheels at their ends, each carrying a concavo-convex cutting-disk, said disks being set opposite each other with their convex surfaces confronting, means for raising and lowering said disks and maintaining them at different elevations, and means for adjusting and securing the frame-bars at different distances apart to vary the distance between the disks; substantially as described.

7. A disk-supporting frame having a bracket thereon with vertical guideways therein, in combination with a vertically-movable slide fitted in said guideways and having a disk journaled thereto, and a crank-lever pivoted to said bracket with its crank-arm supporting said slide and arranged to be thrown past the center of its journal when the disk is raised so as to lock and retain the lever by the weight of the disk; substantially as described.

8. In com bination with the plow-supporting frame, the bracket having integral vertical guideways therein, and an apertured extension or ear at its upper end, a vertically-movable slide working in said guideways and carrying a furrow-turning device at' or near its lower end, and a crank-lever having its axle journaled in said apertured ear and its short arm supporting'said slide for raising and lowering said furrow-turning device substantially as described.

9. In combination with the plow-frame and its supporting-wheels, the uprights rising from the front-wheel spindles and having projecting parallel arms, the extensible bar connecting said uprights, a second extensible bar arranged parallel with the former and connecting said parallel arms, and a lever pivotally connecting said extensible bars, whereby said front wheels may be turned in unison to either right or left to guide the plow; substantially as described.

10. In combination with the laterally-adj ustable plow-frame, and its rear supportingwheels, the front wheels, the uprights rising from the front-Wheel spindles, the extensible bar connecting the upperfparts of said uprights, a second extensible bar connecting a pair of crank-arms projecting from the upper parts of said uprights, means for suspending the front end of the plow-frame and raising and lowering the same with respect to said front wheels, and a lever having a pivotal connection with said second extensible bar for moving said crank-arms and wheel-spindles so as to turn said'front wheels in unison to either the right or left to guide the plow in turning or otherwise; substantially as described. 1

11. A bedding-plow comprising a pair of longitudinal frame members separably secured together, each carrying a furrow-turning device, means-for adjusting said members laterally and securing them at different distances apart, rear supporting-wheels, front supporting-wheels carried by vertical rotatable standards, means for turning both stand-- ards in unison, means for raising and lowering the front ends of the frame members on said standards, and an independent lifting and lowering device for each furrow-turning device, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

STALEY D. POOLE.

WVitnesses:

CHAs. H. POPE, OHAs. T. MOREY. 

